Sasi, Congratulations on ordering your FLEX-3000.
You are correct that the FLEX-3000 does not use the PC's sound card. The way most people run digital modes is to use a program called VAC to transfer the audio from the digital mode program directly to PowerSDR without using an external interface (cables). For running digital modes, I recommend that you look at the FlexRadio Wiki (http://flexradiowiki.com/) especially the example for setting up Fldigi. Whether or not the laptop will work can only be determined after you try it. Some laptops work OK, others do not. Unfortunately you cannot tell from the specifications (CPU type) which one it will be. One other resort might be to look into a FlexReady PC by Neal (K3NC). These machines are tested and optimized for running PowerSDR and a FLEX-xx00 SDR. He can even provide the component list if you want to build your own http://www.flexradio.com/Products.aspx?topic=FlexReady_PC Good luck! -Tim -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Nayar, Sasi (PIRSA-SARDI) Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 9:22 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 3000 Newbie question Hi all I ordered a Flex 3000 last week and am eagerly waiting for the radio to run up. In the mean time I have been trolling through all the literature available on this great radio. My plan is to use this radio exclusively on digital modes. I have a Fujitsu Lifebook computer with a burst soundcard. My observation so far is that the Flex 3000 does not use the sound card of the computer. Am I correct in assuming that I can get away using this computer without the soundcard? Will this impact on the operation of this radio? The issue I have is that my desktop computer in the shack (A Dell GX620) does not have a firewire port and there is abslutely no room in the machine to accomodate one. The last resort is to buy another laptop. 73 Sasi VK5SN _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
